Get Informed, Get Registered, Get Ready to Vote!

Are
you REGISTERED TO VOTE? Are you GETTING INFORMED about candidates and
issues?

Why
do I ask? I was one of the MN "Nuns on the Bus"! Along with Sister Eunice
Antony.

Have
you heard about the "Nuns on the Bus"? It was an adventure and a privilege
and hard work.

Sister Simone Campbell of Network: A
National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, is the original "Nun on the Bus" who takes to the
road to encourage all people to become involved in our public decisions and
work for the common good. When she learned in June that 60% of Americans
did not know there was a mid-term election she said she had to go on the road
one more time – and she invited Sisters from the 10 states on her tour.
We held town halls, talked about voting and what it means, and asked citizens
what their concerns are today. We registered students at two campuses in
Duluth. We visited malls and talked with anyone we encountered about
voting. It was grand!

Our main message: "We the People, We the
Voters!" As the US Catholic bishops have said, voting is a right to be respected and a privilege to be used with
respect.

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